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Blue Sky Shield
Immunity

Vitamin C, a B-vitamin complex and zinc, for the week before a big trip or the gray end of winter. Somebody has to brave the weather. We volunteered.

Price$299Add-ons and their prices are on the IV menu.

Vitamin C · B-vitamin complex · Zinc
Treatment time: 30 to 60 minutes
Blue Sky Shield
Immunity bag
Medical Director: Katherine Katsoyannis
NPI 1023123015

Blue Sky Shield at a Glance

Immunity is the common name, and Blue Sky Shield is how it appears on our IV menu. Wellness Angels, our nurses and nurse practitioners, bring it wherever your week is happening in Chicago and the surrounding suburbs.

At a glance:
  • What is in itThree ingredients: vitamin C, zinc and a B-vitamin complex (B1, B2, B3, B5 and B6). The vitamin C and the zinc play a role in normal immune function.
  • How long it takesBlue Sky Shield takes 30 to 60 minutes, wherever you have booked it. Your individual health screening comes first, during the same visit.
  • What it costsBlue Sky Shield is $299. Add-ons and their prices are on the IV menu.
  • Who books itA long flight on the calendar, the last weeks of a Chicago winter, or the start of the busiest season at work. Those are the weeks it fits.
  • When to use itCold/flu prevention, immune strengthening, high-dose Vitamin C therapy
Blue Sky Shield at a Glance IV bag

What Is Actually in Blue Sky Shield

Vitamin C
Vitamin C, or ascorbic acid, plays a role in normal immune function. It dissolves in water and the body keeps only a modest reserve, so it has to keep coming from the diet: strawberries, grapefruit and bell peppers are good sources.
B-vitamin complex (B1, B2, B3, B5, B6)
Like vitamin C, these B vitamins dissolve in water and are not stored in large amounts, so they come from food such as whole grains, eggs and beans. All five play a role in normal energy-yielding metabolism, and B6 also plays a part in normal immune function.
Zinc
Zinc is here for the same reason as the vitamin C: it plays a role in normal immune function. A trace mineral, it is needed only in small amounts, and the body has no dedicated place to store it. Oysters, beef, lentils and pumpkin seeds all supply it.

How Your Blue Sky Shield Visit Works

A Wellness Angel in navy Blue Sky IV scrubs walking up to a red-brick home on an autumn morning with a navy Blue Sky IV kit bag

Step 01

Plan It Ahead of the Busy Stretch

Pick a slot before your calendar fills up, then give us the address: your place, your desk, a hotel room or an event. Blue Sky IV is mobile only, so wherever you choose is where we work.

A Wellness Angel in navy Blue Sky IV scrubs and blue gloves preparing a Blue Sky IV drip bag at the stand

Step 02

Your Screening Decides the Rest

An individual health screening is part of every visit, yours included, and it comes first. It determines whether Blue Sky Shield is appropriate for you today, and a visit may be declined based on it.

A smiling Wellness Angel in navy Blue Sky IV scrubs and blue gloves caring for a relaxed client in a white robe at home

Step 03

Watched Until the Last Drop

Nothing about this part needs you to get up: your Wellness Angel minds Blue Sky Shield for as long as it takes, and afterwards everything that arrived in the navy kit bag leaves in it.

A woman reading on a linen sofa during a drip in a lakefront living room while a Wellness Angel in navy Blue Sky IV scrubs takes notes nearby

Who Books Blue Sky Shield?

People with a long flight, a long February or a long wedding season ahead of them.

The Day Before a Long-Haul Flight

The passport is out of the drawer where it always lives, the plug adapters are in a pile, and the car to the airport comes before sunrise tomorrow. Today is for proving it all fits. A Wellness Angel brings Blue Sky Shield to the house, and the great sweater debate carries on without you leaving the bedroom.

Late February, No End in Sight

Your boots wear a white salt line that no amount of scrubbing removes, and the radiator has clanked since November. By now, home is the only place you plan to be. A Wellness Angel carries Blue Sky Shield through the slush instead, and your boots finally get to dry out.

Wedding Season Behind the Camera

From May to October, most Saturdays belong to somebody else's wedding: a long day on your feet, then a Sunday spent culling photos. Weekdays go to editing and new inquiries, and the calendar has no gaps worth the name. Midweek, a Wellness Angel sets up Blue Sky Shield in the home studio, and the drip runs while the gallery uploads.

Small Print, Large Type

What can I realistically expect from Blue Sky Shield?

Plainly: vitamin C, a B-vitamin complex and zinc, given over 30 to 60 minutes in a room you choose. Vitamin C and zinc play a role in normal immune function, and the B vitamins in normal energy-yielding metabolism. How people feel varies, so judge it by your own week rather than by our description.

Blue Sky Shield and Blue Sky Tri-Shield sound alike. What's the difference?

A single ingredient, and the price. Both bags carry vitamin C and zinc. Blue Sky Shield adds a B-vitamin complex and is $299. Blue Sky Tri-Shield adds glutathione, an antioxidant, and is $329. Each runs 30 to 60 minutes, so the choice comes down to B vitamins or glutathione.

Is Vitamin D3 something I can add to Blue Sky Shield?

Not into the drip itself. On our add-on list, Vitamin D3 is given only as a shot into the muscle. Add-ons that do go into the bag include Glutathione, Taurine and Methylcobalamin B12. Add-ons and their prices are on the IV menu, and your individual health screening covers add-ons as well as the drip.

Does Blue Sky Shield replace a visit to my own doctor?

No. Blue Sky IV provides scheduled, non-emergency wellness services and is not a substitute for emergency or primary medical care. If you are having a medical emergency, call 911. Services are provided under physician supervision where required by applicable law.

Before the Trip, or the Thaw

Your Couch Beats the Airport Lounge

Wait out the countdown to the flight, or to spring, in any home, office or hotel room across Chicago and the surrounding suburbs. Pick a time. We'll show up.

A Wellness Angel in navy Blue Sky IV scrubs walking along a leafy street of brick Prairie-style homes carrying a navy Blue Sky IV kit bag
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